Electoral district of Lakemba

Lakemba is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, located in the South-Western suburbs of Sydney. It has been held by the Labor Party since its creation in 1927. It was represented by Morris Iemma, who was Premier of New South Wales from 3 August 2005 until his resignation on 5 September 2008. It has been held by Jihad Dib since the 2015 election.

Lakemba
New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
Location within Sydney
StateNew South Wales
Dates current1927–present
MPJihad Dib
PartyLabor Party
Electors55,253 (2019)
Area23.70 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Electorates around Lakemba:
Auburn Auburn Strathfield
Bankstown Lakemba Canterbury
East Hills Oatley Kogarah

Lakemba includes the suburbs of Chullora, Greenacre, Lakemba, Mount Lewis, Punchbowl, Wiley Park and parts of Bankstown, Belmore, Beverly Hills, Narwee, Riverwood and Roselands.[1]

Members for Lakemba
Member Party Term
  Fred Stanley [2] Labor 1927–1940
  Labor (N-C) 1940–1941
  Labor 1941–1950
  Independent Labor 1950
  Stan Wyatt [3] Labor 1950–1964
  Vince Durick [4] Labor 1964–1984
  Wes Davoren [5] Labor 1984–1995
  Tony Stewart [6] Labor 1995–1999
  Morris Iemma [7] Labor 1999–2008
  Robert Furolo [8] Labor 2008–2015
  Jihad Dib [9] Labor 2015–present

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Lakemba
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Lakemba[edit]
2019 New South Wales state election: Lakemba [10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Jihad Dib 27,528 61.70 +4.40
Liberal Rashid Bhuiyan 10,031 22.48 +1.76
Christian Democrats Karl Schubert 3,170 7.11 −5.70
Greens Emmet de Bhaldraithe 2,041 4.57 −2.91
Keep Sydney Open Omar Najjar 988 2.21 +2.21
Animal Justice Dorlene Abou-Haidar 857 1.92 +1.92
Total formal votes 44,615 93.87 −0.60
Informal votes 2,916 6.13 +0.60
Turnout 47,531 86.02 −0.89
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jihad Dib 29,245 72.42 +0.86
Liberal Rashid Bhuiyan 11,136 27.58 −0.86
Labor hold Swing+0.86
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References
  1. "Lakemba". New South Wales Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  2. "Mr Fred Stanley (1888-1957)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  3. "Mr Stanislaus Wyatt (1894-1964)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  4. "Mr Vincent Patrick Durick". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  5. "Mr (Wes) Westby James Davoren (1928-2010)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  6. "Mr (Tony) Anthony Paul Stewart (1956- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  7. "The Hon. Morris Iemma (1961-)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  8. "Mr Robert Anthony Furolo (1969- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  9. "Mr Jihad DIB MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2019.
  10. "Lakemba: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  11. "Lakemba: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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